Underside corrosion

[SteveA87]

Hi guys,

Had 2008 facelift tourer since Feb, I think the car is phenomenal, but not had the chance to get fully underneath. My question is what are these cars like for corrosion? I want to keep the car for many years. One for sale close to me for spares as jacking point needs welding, just made me wonder.

 

[stellamon]

a lot of cars suffer in this country due to the constant damp and muddy roads and the salt spread during freezing temperatures.
There are some good products to combat this but require intensive work.
Used this on a sprinter I have (renowned for rusting) and it was great.

https://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-73830-bilt-hamber-dynax-s50-aerosol.aspx?variantid=97014&gASF=1&gASF2=1&kwd=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwwe2_BhBEEiwAM1I7sVgp7Za21Q9VOEMfLTVnC4_Wsyxc2QEwGi9JXJLekWlCxzut36eNMRoCjJUQAvD_BwE

Haven't used it on the honda yet but might do in the future.

 

[SteveA87]

Thanks for that my friend, I will order 3 tins and see how I get on

 

[Channel Hopper]

Hi guys,

Had 2008 facelift tourer since Feb, I think the car is phenomenal, but not had the chance to get fully underneath. My question is what are these cars like for corrosion? I want to keep the car for many years. One for sale close to me for spares as jacking point needs welding, just made me wonder.

My tourer seems to have zero corrosion underneath, a 2005 with 180k+ the clock.

It might be one or more of your previous owners was living near the coast, in which case the rot is unlikely to be stopped without taking the whole car apart.

 

[SteveA87]

Going to look underneath during the weekend, unfortunately I live on the coast in Scotland

 

[Channel Hopper]

Going to look underneath during the weekend, unfortunately I live on the coast in Scotland

And the previous owner ?
(and how long they owned it, should be on the V5C)

 

[SteveA87]

I’m the forth owner Hopper, the car has been in London then Edinburgh and has a massive amount of history with it so hoping it’s not too bad, I’m waiting on axel stands arriving, so will let you know the outcome

 

[Tal]

I’m the forth owner Hopper, the car has been in London then Edinburgh and has a massive amount of history with it so hoping it’s not too bad, I’m waiting on axel stands arriving, so will let you know the outcome

You can get a pretty good idea of how it looks underneath by putting your phone underneath on the lowest zoom setting, flash on, and taking a video of you slowly panning your phone from one end of the car to the other.

 

[SteveA87]

I can’t download a picture, says it’s too large, but deffo looks a bit crusty underneath